1989 Wiltshire County Council election

Elections to Wiltshire County Council were held on 4 May 1989. The whole council was up for election and the result was no overall control.

Results

Wiltshire Local Election Result 1989
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	35				46.67	44.0	75,076
Liberal Democrats	18				24.0	27.0	45,944
Labour	18				24.0	24.0	40,458
Independent	2				2.67	2.4	4,153
Liberal	1				1.33	1.6	2,712
SDP	1				1.33	0.67	1,143
Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.3	2,217	0

Results by divisions

Aldbourne and Ramsbury

Aldbourne and Ramsbury
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	John Bernard Ainslie	1,951
	Conservative	R. E. Wilkins	1,010
Majority			941
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Alderbury

Alderbury
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	A. W. M. Christie-Miller	1,511
	Labour	I. Horton	343
Majority			1,168
	Conservative hold		Swing

Amesbury

Amesbury
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	N. I. C. Kettlewell	1,126
	Liberal Democrats	A. J. F. Haywood	1,043
	Labour	R. H. Pelling	255
Majority			83
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Bedwyn

Bedwyn
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	H. D. Rogers	1,130
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Mary Scott	976
Majority			154
	Conservative hold		Swing

Blunsdon

Blunsdon
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	J. W. H. Archer	1,580
	Conservative	M. J. Rutland	1,200
	Liberal Democrats	D. Couch	252
Majority			380
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Box

Box
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Vernon Ross Phillips	1,157
	Liberal Democrats	Doreen Darby	787
	Labour	Christine Reid	539
Majority			370
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bradford on Avon North

Bradford on Avon North
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Robert George Ian Elliott	1,375
	Liberal Democrats	H. J. Owen	1,226
	Labour	I. L. Pyper	412
Majority			149
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Bradford on Avon South

Bradford on Avon South
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Victoria Christine Landell Mills	1,060
	Conservative	M. Purves	1,030
	Labour	J. D. Childs	347
Majority			30
	Labour hold		Swing

Bremhill and Calne Without

Bremhill and Calne Without
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Robert Andrew Raymond Syms	1,683
	Liberal Democrats	Ascott Thomas Harris	606
	Labour	David John Songhurst	211
Majority			1,077
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brinkworth

Brinkworth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Carole Alethea Soden	1,838
	Liberal Democrats	Arthur Richard Chapman	482
	Labour	Brian Bayton	166
Majority			1,356
	Conservative hold		Swing

Calne

Calne
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Alfred Roman Ilersic	1,121
	Liberal Democrats	George Andrew Macpherson	1,059
	Labour	John Cameron-Churchill	302
Majority			62
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Chippenham Park

Chippenham Park
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Charles Bourne Coleman	881
	Conservative	Peter Coupe Blackburn	790
	Labour	John Chambers	183
Majority			91
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Chippenham Sheldon

Chippenham Sheldon
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	June Margaret Wood	1,104
	Conservative	Donald Ellis	997
	Labour	Maureen Frances Lloyd	844
Majority			107
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Chippenham Town

Chippenham Town
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Paul Spear	1,778
	Conservative	Francis Bowen-Easley	1,278
	Labour	Linda Gladys Faulkner	355
Majority			500
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Collingbourne

Collingbourne
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	M. Rowland	801
	Liberal Democrats	E. Colvin	649
	Labour	S. P. Bates	242
Majority			152
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Corsham

Corsham
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Bright	1,068
	Liberal Democrats	Arthur Stanley Roy Jackson	815
	Labour	Elizabeth Cleo Saunders	197
Majority			253
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cricklade

Cricklade
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Reginald John Coole	1,320
	Conservative	Roy Gladden-Hawes	736
	Labour	David Hulme	85
Majority			584
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Devizes

Devizes
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Maurice Stanley Came	1,062
	Liberal Democrats	P. A. Morris	588
	Labour	P. W. Rees	524
Majority			474
	Conservative hold		Swing

Devizes South and Cannings

Devizes South and Cannings
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Patricia Rugg	1,909
	Labour	T. J. Williams	750
Majority			1,159
	Conservative hold		Swing

Downton

Downton
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	A. J. Jones	1,256
	Green	S. M. Elcock	458
	Labour	P. Clegg	364
Majority			798
	Conservative hold		Swing

Durrington

Durrington
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	C. E. Robinson	1,002
	Labour	J. H. Priest	416
	Liberal Democrats	G. Charkin	337
	Independent	A. J. Read	91
Majority			586
	Conservative hold		Swing

Highworth

Highworth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	M. V. Haines	2,000
	Conservative	D. F. Morley	1,240
Majority			760
	Labour hold		Swing

Holt

Holt
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	George Frederick James Hawkins	1,304
	Conservative	J. Taylor	1,088
Majority			216
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Idmiston

Idmiston
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	M. W. Ponsonby	1,157
	Green	M. C. Pafford	353
	Labour	M. Riches	332
Majority			798
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kington

Kington
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Brenda Margaret Wyrill	1,120
	Liberal Democrats	Ruth Coleman	844
	Labour	Jane Muir Mellett	147
Majority			276
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Laverstock

Laverstock
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	R. C. Lodge	1,132
	Liberal Democrats	Paul William Leslie Sample	1,070
	Labour	T. Thornton	139
Majority			62
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lavington

Lavington
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Derek Bernard William Jarvis	1,401
	Independent	M. G. James	705
	Labour	B. R. Waker	361
Majority			696
	Conservative hold		Swing

Malmesbury

Malmesbury
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Pym	1,856
	Conservative	Raymond Francis Sanderson	1,424
	Labour	Christopher John Phillips	146
Majority			432
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Marlborough

Marlborough
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	J. M. A. Goodfellow	1,242
	Liberal Democrats	J. E. Western	1,049
	Independent	M. R. Urquhart	239
Majority			193
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Melksham

Melksham
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Mary E. Salisbury	1,754
	Conservative	J. H. S. Wilkinson	737
Majority			1,017
	Labour hold		Swing

Melksham Without

Melksham Without
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	John Barrie Wesley	2,139
	Conservative	E. P. Joyce	1,392
Majority			747
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Mere

Mere
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Robert George Catton	1,356
	Liberal Democrats	T. J. Stroud	612
	Labour	M. Foote	231
Majority			744
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pewsey and Enford

Pewsey and Enford
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	M. Carson	1,385
	Liberal Democrats	J. E. H. Church	837
	Labour	S. J. Buxton	390
Majority			548
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Pewsham

Pewsham
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Peter Gorton Green	998
	Liberal Democrats	Reuben Cook Hayward	497
	Green	Edward Barham	199
	Labour	John McKellor Reid	89
Majority			501
	Conservative hold		Swing

Potterne

Potterne
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	E. R. Breach	1,176
	Labour	G. S. Evans	572
Majority			604
	Conservative hold		Swing

Purton

Purton
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Esme Maureen Smith	1,268
	Labour	Brian Cooke	319
Majority			949
	Conservative hold		Swing

Salisbury Bemerton

Salisbury Bemerton
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Richard Terance Rogers	795
	Liberal Democrats	E. M. Grant	684
	Conservative	P. M. Roche	493
	Green	R. Perry	80
Majority			111
	Labour hold		Swing

Salisbury Harnham

Salisbury Harnham
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	G. S. Condliffe	1,275
	Conservative	G. C. Jones	1,173
	Labour	H. M. S. Bullman	211
Majority			102
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Salisbury St Mark

Salisbury St Mark
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Peter Frederick Chalke	1,544
	Liberal Democrats	D. J. Howells	1,036
	Labour	S. M. Constant	204
Majority			508
	Conservative hold		Swing

Salisbury St Martin

Salisbury St Martin
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	P. V. H. Paisey	701
	Labour	M. K. D. Mottram	358
	Independent	J. Burden	310
	Liberal Democrats	D. H. Gammon	300
	SDP	P. N. Bunce	102
	Green	S. J. Fyfe	82
Majority			343
	Conservative hold		Swing

Salisbury St Paul

Salisbury St Paul
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	T. C. Cowie	905
	Conservative	G. C. Tudhope	573
	Labour	M. F. Sheehan	508
	Liberal Democrats	J. P. Abbott	296
Majority			332
	Independent hold		Swing

Shrewton

Shrewton
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	S. F. Ryan	1,184
	Liberal Democrats	I. C. West	1,154
	Labour	G. White	134
Majority			30
	Conservative hold		Swing

Southwick

Southwick
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Anthony Guy Phillips	867
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Ian King	783
	Labour	N. Apps	319
Majority			84
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stratton St Margaret, Coleview and Nythe

Stratton St Margaret, Coleview and Nythe
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	M. B. Bawden	1,197
	Labour	Brian Victor Cockbill	935
	Liberal Democrats	B. A. Berry	382
Majority			262
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Stratton St Margaret, St Margaret

Stratton St Margaret, St Margaret
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	John Foley	880
	Conservative	F. W. Richards	764
Majority			116
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Stratton St Margaret, St Philip

Stratton St Margaret, St Philip
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Percival Lawrence Jefferies	1,738
	Conservative	R. B. W. Membry	465
Majority			1,273
	Labour hold		Swing

Swindon Central

Swindon Central
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	S. A. Reiner	1,387
	Conservative	R. J. Mullins	304
	Liberal Democrats	R. W. Green	128
	Green	L. E. Haywood	112
Majority			1,083
	Labour hold		Swing

Swindon Eastcott

Swindon Eastcott
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Stanley James Pajak	1,197
	Labour	N. P. Reilly	979
	Conservative	N. Hocking	582
	Green	H. M. Polak	163
	Independent	C. R. Gillard	73
Majority			218
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Swindon Eldene

Swindon Eldene
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Peter C. Brown	857
	Conservative	W. R. Whitfield	280
	Liberal Democrats	A. Field	57
Majority			577
	Labour hold		Swing

Swindon Freshbrook

Swindon Freshbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Simon R. Cordon	1,160
	Labour	David. A. Oakensen	825
	Conservative	F. Troughton	593
Majority			335
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Swindon Gorsehill

Swindon Gorsehill
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Arthur James Masters	1,672
	Liberal Democrats	D. J. Daly	388
	Conservative	A. F. Crowhurst	301
	Green	S. Thompson	133
Majority			1,284
	Labour hold		Swing

Swindon Lawns

Swindon Lawns
Party		Candidate	Votes
	SDP	Wendy. E. Johnson	1,041
	Conservative	J. B. Savage	963
Majority			78
	SDP gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Swindon Liden

Swindon Liden
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	J. E. D'Avila	764
	Conservative	L. E. Laytham	614
	Liberal Democrats	J. G. Turner	171
Majority			150
	Labour hold		Swing

Swindon Moredon

Swindon Moredon
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Valerie Jean Small	1,400
	Conservative	P. M. Harden	464
Majority			936
	Labour hold		Swing

Swindon Park North

Swindon Park North
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Arthur Harry Goring	863
	Conservative	R. J. Chadwick	179
Majority			684
	Labour hold		Swing

Swindon Park South

Swindon Park South
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Jean Norris	808
	Conservative	S. J. Dickinson	145
	Liberal Democrats	E. M. O'Sullivan	89
Majority			663
	Labour hold		Swing

Swindon South

Swindon South
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Robert Kenneth Savage	1,118
	Labour	Robert K. Brooks	362
	Green	J. V. Hughes	295
	Liberal Democrats	J. Keepin	116
Majority			756
	Conservative hold		Swing

Swindon Toothill

Swindon Toothill
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Alan J. Winmill	1,563
	Conservative	A. Mortel	1,220
Majority			343
	Labour hold		Swing

Swindon Walcot

Swindon Walcot
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Roger D. Green	1,248	61.5%
	Conservative	D. Dungey	589	29.1%
	Liberal Democrats	Z. B. Sarnowski	191	9.4%
Majority			659
	Labour hold		Swing

Swindon Western

Swindon Western
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Kevin David Small	1,572
	Conservative	N. Coome	623
	Liberal Democrats	V. Lo	212
Majority			949
	Labour hold		Swing

Swindon Whitworth

Swindon Whitworth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	David Ernest Glaholm	905
	Liberal Democrats	J. A. Thipthorpe	720
	Conservative	D. H. Day	145
	Green	H. R. Stredder	72
Majority			185
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Tisbury

Tisbury
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Robert John Baddeley	1,411
	Independent	David O. Parker	438
	Labour	M. D. Ayres	313
	Green	D. Davies	270
Majority			973
	Conservative hold		Swing

Trowbridge East

Trowbridge East
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	F. W. Stacey	1,250
	Conservative	N. D. Stafford	951
	Labour	R. M. Boniface	404
Majority			299
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Trowbridge South

Trowbridge South
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Grace Hill	1,223
	Conservative	G. H. Scobie	917
	Labour	D. G. Turley	581
Majority			306
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Trowbridge West

Trowbridge West
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	F. W. Tredrea	779
	Conservative	P. Ainley	501
	Labour	T. Pritchett	326
Majority			278
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Upper Wylye Valley

Upper Wylye Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John William Finlay Robins	1,248
	Liberal	John Edward Syme	721
	Labour	R. J. Guy	265
Majority			527
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wanborough

Wanborough
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Lindsay Mactaggart	1,118
	Conservative	J. W. J. Legge	1,085
	Labour	C. P. Whiteway	568
Majority			33
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Warminster East

Warminster East
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Dorothea Joan Main	1,093
	Liberal	Paul I. MacDonald	977
Majority			116
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Warminster West

Warminster West
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	S. Dancey	1,014
	Conservative	W. D. Grey	944
	Labour	K. D. Dawson	289
Majority			70
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Westbury

Westbury
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	William F. Vivash	1,687
	Conservative	John Frederick Clegg	1,150
Majority			537
	Labour hold		Swing

Whorwellsdown

Whorwellsdown
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Gareth Roberts	1,432
	Liberal Democrats	S. M. Masters	908
Majority			524
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wilton

Wilton
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Marjorie Whitworth	1,071
	Independent	Timothy Ingle Abbott	321
	Labour	C. D. Engel	236
Majority			750
	Independent hold		Swing

Wootton Bassett North

Wootton Bassett North
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Eric Henry Hodges	812
	Conservative	Thomas Alan Scott	585
	Labour	Paula Anne Whitehead	79
Majority			227
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Wootton Bassett South

Wootton Bassett South
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Roy Elderkin	1,183
	Liberal Democrats	Daphne Joyce Matthews	1,074
	Labour	Iris Bayton	171
Majority			109
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Wroughton

Wroughton
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Aliette Cayley Phipps	1,318
	Conservative	I. M. Morton	899
Majority			419
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

References

Wiltshire County Council Election Results - 4 May 1989^{[permanent dead link‍]} at northwilts.gov.uk

External links

Colin Rallings, Michael Thrasher, Wiltshire County Council election Results 1973–2005 at electionscentre.co.uk

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